Well Prof Cole got the anti-Shia ideology of ISIS/Al Qaeda etc right though. It is a fundamental tenet of Wahhabism, much easier to adhere to than abstaining from alcohol. Afterall don't the various acts of terrorism against Shia civilians throughout the Muslim world by Wahhabi adherents confirm this. For someone to claim allegiance to ISIS and Hezbollah at the same time shows that this individual was a bit confused to say the least.
Yes that would be true normally, but ISIS is a group that sees all Shia as their sworn enemies. To them Shia are at best deviants and at worse infidels. To an ISIS supporter there is no difference between gays and Shia as they are both infidels. For someone to claim allegiance to ISIS and then claim allegiance to Hezbollah is either a seriously uninformed person or like some have concluded about this fellow, insane.
"Salafi Jihadis belong to a fringe interpretation of Sunni Islam and despise Shiites; they don’t typically claim to have an affiliation with a Shiite group such as Hizbullah, which is fighting ISIL in Syria. (Here “typically” means, like, “ever.”)"
This should be no.1 in my opinion but thank you Professor for highlighting this. Salafists, especially of the ISIS breed hate Shia Muslims with a passion. This is most evident with the various terrorist attacks carried out by these radicals against Shia civilians in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other places. That is why I believe that this individual was just a disturbed individual.
While it is true that publicly at least the Saudi government is not opposing the deal, they have revealed their opposition in private and funding their lobbyists in DC to undermine the deal. Note, this supposed support for the deal comes at a price, which is the US giving a carte blanche to Saudi Arabia to do as it wishes to the people of Yemen.
On sectarianism, the cables also reveal that anti-Shiism is an obsession and a part of Saudi foreign policy. I would be careful to dismiss the sectarian nature of Saudi Arabia considering that it is precisely because of this that Saudi is involved in a defacto alliance with Israel and also promotes anti-Shiism in its education.
"will put it increasingly at odds with its American patrons ", this is a very curious statement. Saudi Arabia continues to pursue its war of aggression on Yemen with backing of the US and it continues to do so despite the sectarian rhetoric being talked about by Saudi. I don't see any protest from the Americans.
Indeed, there has been efforts to unite Sunni-Shia by stressing that both sects believe in the same God, revere the same Holy Book and acceptance of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. However sectarianism will continue to remain in the Islamic world so long as Saudi Arabia and their Wahhabist ilk continue to spread their vile ideology.
Indeed, Al Qaeda is more likely to focus its efforts on Iran rather than Israel. In fact the absence of direct conflict between Israel and Al Qaeda should raise some eyebrows.
The question is now that these "Jihadists" now have a border with Israel with they focus their attention on them, or will they resume to murder fellow Muslims
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Well Prof Cole got the anti-Shia ideology of ISIS/Al Qaeda etc right though. It is a fundamental tenet of Wahhabism, much easier to adhere to than abstaining from alcohol. Afterall don't the various acts of terrorism against Shia civilians throughout the Muslim world by Wahhabi adherents confirm this. For someone to claim allegiance to ISIS and Hezbollah at the same time shows that this individual was a bit confused to say the least.
Yes that would be true normally, but ISIS is a group that sees all Shia as their sworn enemies. To them Shia are at best deviants and at worse infidels. To an ISIS supporter there is no difference between gays and Shia as they are both infidels. For someone to claim allegiance to ISIS and then claim allegiance to Hezbollah is either a seriously uninformed person or like some have concluded about this fellow, insane.
"Salafi Jihadis belong to a fringe interpretation of Sunni Islam and despise Shiites; they don’t typically claim to have an affiliation with a Shiite group such as Hizbullah, which is fighting ISIL in Syria. (Here “typically” means, like, “ever.”)"
This should be no.1 in my opinion but thank you Professor for highlighting this. Salafists, especially of the ISIS breed hate Shia Muslims with a passion. This is most evident with the various terrorist attacks carried out by these radicals against Shia civilians in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other places. That is why I believe that this individual was just a disturbed individual.
The double standards of these so-called clerics is there for all to see. They call for Jihad but say nothing of Yemenis murdered by Saudi Arabia.
While it is true that publicly at least the Saudi government is not opposing the deal, they have revealed their opposition in private and funding their lobbyists in DC to undermine the deal. Note, this supposed support for the deal comes at a price, which is the US giving a carte blanche to Saudi Arabia to do as it wishes to the people of Yemen.
On sectarianism, the cables also reveal that anti-Shiism is an obsession and a part of Saudi foreign policy. I would be careful to dismiss the sectarian nature of Saudi Arabia considering that it is precisely because of this that Saudi is involved in a defacto alliance with Israel and also promotes anti-Shiism in its education.
"will put it increasingly at odds with its American patrons ", this is a very curious statement. Saudi Arabia continues to pursue its war of aggression on Yemen with backing of the US and it continues to do so despite the sectarian rhetoric being talked about by Saudi. I don't see any protest from the Americans.
Indeed, there has been efforts to unite Sunni-Shia by stressing that both sects believe in the same God, revere the same Holy Book and acceptance of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. However sectarianism will continue to remain in the Islamic world so long as Saudi Arabia and their Wahhabist ilk continue to spread their vile ideology.
Indeed, Al Qaeda is more likely to focus its efforts on Iran rather than Israel. In fact the absence of direct conflict between Israel and Al Qaeda should raise some eyebrows.
The question is now that these "Jihadists" now have a border with Israel with they focus their attention on them, or will they resume to murder fellow Muslims